CITIZENS UTILITIES v. COUNTY OF KAUAI

No. 14850.

814 P.2d 398 (1991)

CITIZENS UTILITIES COMPANY, KAUAI ELECTRIC DIVISION, Petitioner-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF KAUAI, Respondent-Appellant, and Richard G. Weiser, et al., Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

July 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Morimoto, Deputy County Atty., Lihue, for respondent-appellant.

Walton D.Y. Hong, Law Offices of Walton D.Y. Hong, Lihue (David K. Rair with him on the brief; Kiefer, Oshima, Chun, Fong & Chung, Honolulu, of counsel), for petitioner-appellee.

Before LUM, C.J., and PADGETT, HAYASHI, WAKATSUKI and MOON, JJ.


LUM, Chief Justice.

County of Kauai (County), respondent-appellant, appeals from the lower court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Citizens [sic] Utilities Company, Kauai Electric Division (Citizens Utilities), petitioner-appellee. The court ruled that the County of Kauai does not have the authority to regulate the height of utility poles. We affirm.

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In 1987, Citizens Utilities proposed to build an overhead 69 kilovolt transmission...

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